Improvement in rings for preventing hogs from rooting



J. M. STANSIPER. Ring for Preventing Hogs from Rooting.

No. 204,111. Pat e hted May 28,1878.

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JOHN M. STANSIFER, OF UNION, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN RINGS FOR PREVENTING HOGS FROM ROOTING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,171, dated May 28,1878; application filed March 5, 1878.

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MILTON STANSI- FER, of Union, in the county ofBoone and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Rings and Attachment to Prevent Hogs from Booting, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure '1 shows a perspective view of my invention.Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is the ring. Fig. 4 represents a hogs nosesupplied with my ring and attachment.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and effectiveattachment to be applied to the noses of hogs, whereby they will beprevented from rooting. In the old style-of rings now employed for thispurpose it is found that the rings are liable to come out, and are noteffectual preventives against rooting.

I apply my attachment difl'erently from the old rings, it being fastenedto the partition between the nostrils, technically known as the thyroidcartilage, whereas the rings now in use are applied to the hornysubstance at the point of the nose.

In the drawing, Figure 1 shows the formation of the ring, which is madeof any suitable metal wire or other substance. This is bent at A back onitself, .the length of this portion being, preferably, aboutthree-fourths of an inch. I then, at this point, bend the ends apartfrom each other at right angles with the portion A. The ends C O arethen bent toward each other, as shown in Fig. 3, forming two semicirclesor loops, B B.

When it is desired to apply it to the nose,I take the ring, as shown'inFig. 1, the pointsC 0 being separated, and insert the loops B B inthe'nostrils of the animal. With a common hog-trimmer or pinchers I thenpress together the points 0 U, which penetrate the cartilage and forcethemselves through, the points 0 0 being cut off at the proper anglestofit each other.

The portion A should not be long enough to extend beyond the point ofthe nose.

The hog, in attempting to root, will pressthe pointa. into the earth.The wire portion A, being below this point, will enter the earth firstand prevent a forward movement of the wire, bent to form two parallelportions, A,

having loops B B at right angles to portions A, and terminating ininwardly-bent points 0 0, adapted. to fit each other when applied to thenose of the animal, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this14th day of February, 1878, in the presence of witnesses.

J. M. STANSIFER.

Witnesses J. S. ZERBE, O. J. BAILEY

